Kolkata Knight Riders take on the Punjab Kings in match 2 of IPL 2023 in Mohali on April 1. This is the first game for both franchises in the new IPL season. The match starts at 3.30 pm IST. LSG and DC play the second game of the day in Lucknow. Mohali will host five IPL games this season.
There are wholesale changes to the KKR think tank ahead of a new season. Nitish Rana is the interim skipper in the absence of Shreyas Iyer. Chandrakant Pandit has replaced Brendon McCullum as the coach. He has loads of experience coaching domestic teams in Indian cricket. He has won Ranji Trophy titles with Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra. His coaching acumen will be important in the team’s success.
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan(C), Shahrukh Khan, B Rajapaksa, Sikandar Raza, SM Curran, R Dhawan, MW Short, JM Sharma, Harpreet Brar, RD Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
BENCH : JM Bairstow, P Simran Singh, Harpreet Singh, A Taide, Shivam Singh, LS Livingstone, Rajangad Bawa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Singh, K Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Vidhwath Kaverappa
Kolkata Knight Riders
RK Singh, N Rana(C), VR Iyer, AD Russell, SP Narine, Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, LH Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, UT Yadav
BENCH : S Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Liton Das, AS Roy, Shakib Al Hasan, D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, H Rana, K Khejroliya, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma
